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Animation Night 2024

Lapis

James Whitney
Myriads of dots orbit the kaleidoscopic centre to the sweeping sound of a sitar. A breathtaking piece of visual music, realised by means of early computer animation.
Filmstill Lapis
Filmstill Lapis

Lapis

Lapis
James Whitney
Animation Night 2024
Animated Film
USA
1966
10 minutes
without dialogue
To the sweeping sound of a sitar, thousands and thousands of dots orbit a kaleidoscopic centre, like the individual notes of a raga circle the keynote. Repeated graphic patterns blossom and crumble back into the mass. As traditional as the reference points for James Whitney's breathtaking visual music were, the realisation with early computer animation by his brother John Whitney was just as innovative.
André Eckardt

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Director
James Whitney
Hommage: Isabel Herguera 2024

Los Muertitos

Isabel Herguera
The spirits of the dead from a Mexican cemetery rise and set out to cross the wall to the USA. The topicality of this ghost story from 1994 gives you goose-bumps.
Filmstill Los Muertitos
Filmstill Los Muertitos

Los Muertitos

Los Muertitos
Isabel Herguera
Hommage: Isabel Herguera 2024
Animated Film
Spain,
USA
1994
11 minutes
Spanish,
English
Subtitles: 
English
Spurred by an extremely convincing young man with an American accent, the spirits of the dead rise from their graves in a Mexican cemetery and set out to cross the wall to the United States. This ghost story from 1994 gives us goosebumps with its topicality and enchants with its wit, shimmering colours and vibrant shapes.
Franka Sachse

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Director
Isabel Herguera
Script
Isabel Herguera
Cinematographer
Satinder Singh, Carmela Castrejon
Editor
Debdoot Das
Producer
Isabel Herguera
Sound
Craig Smith, Otmaro Ruiz, Rosalía Royo, Bernardo Feldman